Genesis 25:30
And Esau said to Jakob, Let me taste now of that red, that red! For I am faint: (therefore he called his name Edom:)
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
29And Jakob dressed pottage, and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
31and Jakob said, Sell this day thy birthright to me.
Cross References
Genesis 32:4And Jakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, in the region of Edom;
Genesis 36:8And Esau dwelt in the mountain of Seir. Esau is Edom.
Genesis 36:19These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chieftains. He is Edom.
Exodus 15:15Then will the princes of Edom be alarmed, the strong ones of Moab will be seized with trembling and they who dwell in Kenaan will be broken down.
Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days forever.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:30-34
Esau Sells His Birthright. ( b. c. 1805.) 29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave… Read the whole commentary →